Here's my crazy, crackpot, tin foil hat conspiracy theory about Putin and Trump. [View all]

[Yavin4]

You're about to read an incredibly dumb theory. It's not based on any facts, mostly vibes. So, here goes. Ready?

Putin is a former KGB agent. The KGB believes that Boris Yeltsin, an alcoholic and buffoon, was planted by American intelligence agencies to run Russia into the ground after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Yeltsin's presidency was a disaster. The Russian economy spiraled downward. NATO expanded to include Poland. Yeltsin pushed for privatization which gave rise to the oligarchs. There's a clip of President Clinton laughing at a press conference with Yeltsin.

Putin was in the government when all of this was happening. When he got to power, he turned the tables on us. He got an American version of Yeltsin, Donald J. Trump. Trump is Putin's revenge for Yeltsin.

I told you it was a dumb theory.

On 2 January 1992, Yeltsin, acting as his own prime minister, ordered the liberalization of foreign trade, prices, and currency. At the same time, Yeltsin followed a policy of "macroeconomic stabilization", a harsh austerity regime designed to control inflation. Under Yeltsin's stabilization programme, interest rates were raised to extremely high levels to tighten money and restrict credit. To bring state spending and revenues into balance, Yeltsin raised new taxes heavily, cut back sharply on government subsidies to industry and construction, and made steep cuts to state welfare spending.

In early 1992, prices skyrocketed throughout Russia, and a deep credit crunch shut down many industries and brought about a protracted depression. The reforms devastated the living standards of much of the population, especially the groups dependent on Soviet-era state subsidies and welfare programs.[107] Through the 1990s, Russia's GDP fell by 50%, vast sectors of the economy were wiped out, inequality and unemployment grew dramatically, whilst incomes fell. Hyperinflation, caused by the Central Bank of Russia's loose monetary policy, wiped out many people's personal savings, and tens of millions of Russians were plunged into poverty.[108][109]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin